Heavy Snow, Owyhee Mountains
- When
- February 16, 8:00 PM MST to February 17, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Owyhee Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.582, -116.170 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 16 to 17, 1999
A winter storm deposited 10 inches of new snow at Silver City in the Owyhee Mountains. In the West Central Mountains 6 inches fell at Cascade with 11 inches at Deadwood.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOI wrote it up.
A winter storm deposited 10 inches of new snow at Silver City in the Owyhee Mountains. In the West Central Mountains 6 inches fell at Cascade with 11 inches at Deadwood. In the Boise Mountains Placerville received 10 inches of new snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, West Central Mountains
- When
- February 16, 8:00 PM MST to February 17, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- West Central Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.543, -116.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Boise Mountains
- When
- February 16, 8:00 PM MST to February 17, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Boise Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.602, -115.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Flooding in Oregon, February 16, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 16 to 18, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 16 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Heavy Rain in American Samoa, February 16, 1999
- High Wind in American Samoa, February 16 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, February 16, 1999
- Flooding in California, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Flood in Washington, February 16, 1999
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5685083, 5685084, 5685085.